Sorry for last week. I did make a post, but I don’t think anybody saw it under the comic there.

We are glossing over the events of Simmons’ boating holiday. To be honest it was a throwaway joke that we had every intention of reverting to status quo on. But much to our surprise, everybody wanted to actually know what happened. One day we may tell the story of the horror that took place on that river. One day.

I have thought Long and hard about your plight DHGM and i think i came with the ultimate solution to your problem!
Try hacking the comment section to force all picture to be the one of the god of wisdom. The beauty about this plan is that even it you fail the zany sitcom like antics that will ensue will most likely lend you with your original avatar picture somehow, or teach you to value your current Gravatar better.

Schaefer addresses the assembled Inquisition as “brothers” in this one. It seems to be a more formal mode of address, and most of our dudes are pretty informal most of the time. I suspect Virus is reverting to formality because of the surprising discomfort of Simmons showing up in person.

But also worth noting: Eastwood wrote both this and the above-linked scripts

seems to be more of a formal thing – since our group are informal so often, and talk to each other on a daily basis, they probably don’t use the title, sort of like if you work with a doctor/proffessor you’ll eventually stop calling them doctor surname, and shorten it. with simmons however, who they see far less often, is not frei..aquant…people they tolerate for unknown reasons with them and outranks them significantly, virus may use the title.

It looks like a less-armoury style version of soratis armour, if based off the grimdarky grim-darkness of the grim-dark side of the source material (did I mention the grim-darkness, because it’s important), so possibly the EN version of the sisters of battle…

…though if that is the case, Simmons should definatly keep this fanatsy to himself if he values his bodyparts.

I’m having a thought here. If Simmons wants the job of leading the Inquisition so badly, why doesn’t he just ensure that Schaefer has an “accident”? As we’ve seen during the Bookend story arc, there are A LOT of assassins for hire in the EN verse that would do it for a reasonable rate. RED, BLU, those ninja guys, Morth’s weird hawk/sniper guy, etc. Point is, it’s not hard to find a someone who would be willing to act out most of his thought bubble.

ah but think about it, he too is an inquisitor, surely he’d come up with an explanation that would sate the inquisitiveness of the inquisitors while still making him look like a hero, as opposed to others, he DOES expect a mobian inquisition

Easy, Spike. This is the Internet. Intonations don’t carry well across text. I’m a very, very skilled reader and I didn’t pick up on it. So why expect others to? What you *intend* is not always what someone else will *read*. And a good rule of thumb is that if there is room for someone to take your statement literally, then they will.

Smilies are a good way of softening your speech and adding context, but there isn’t an accepted ‘I’m joking’ smiley, so using that in this case is less effective. Using -.- or ;) is something to consider. But less effective in the case of your prose.

J/K is universally accepted as a joke marker, so in extreme cases use it, but be aware I hatre the usage and it makes me spit teeth, both because of #don’texplainthejoke and becasue using it is a gateway to cheapening the currency of expression.

I’m not really one for using smilies, except for maybe XD, but that’s about it, I’m the kind of guy who is anal about spelling, I don’t replace words with numbers, honestly, slang is not something I use on a regular basis, but I thank you for taking the time to inform me in a polite way instead of trying to troll me like a certain rat, and yes, it does help, thank you

Hey Spike, it’s not all about you, dude. Eastwood’s comment is clearly answering the initial question by Lumi. Sure, the thread tree has it as a reply to you, not Lumi, but wasn’t it obvious from how East worded the statement?

because I still do not have a good practice in drawing backgrounds, I need to learn English well, and buy a graphic tablet
and by the way, it’s FUCKING hard for a teenager.
and generally, я украинка XD

I know how you feel (turning senior just this year), it’s hard for a teen to find the right site to use, in my opinion, you could make it a group effort, like these guys, find someone who can draw backgrounds while you handle the characters, then find someone to write scripts (and maybe a translator)

I don’t have a reply button of your comments, but I can draw all comic stripes by myself, but without tablet that IS very hard and long work. If Alan make one stripe per week (or faster), I will do it TWO weeks. And yes, problems with site, translate, and money. My children brains fly out with that thing. Free time? Only summer. Because our Ukrainian schools think we nothing doing at home, and usually I do my homework 3-4 hours. And I study at piano class. That why I have some problems with it. If I will web-designer in the future (how I want), MAAAYBE I will do something like web-comics (of course if I can have free time).

I’m pretty sure actually starting would be the hardest part. I’ve been meaning to start my own for years but the farthest I’ve ever gotten has been writing rather detailed notes about the first three story-arcs, which I then proceeded to lose.
Back on track: my point is, I’m sure you have or can gain access to all the required resources to start a webcomic, but you and I both suffer from that terrible condition called “Just can’t be arsed.”

I wasn’t saying that there isn’t. L-Space is all about books wandering across continuity lines or inspiration occurring in more than one place. Or it’s just a rather obvious name.

I was aiming more at the subtext of asking two inquisitors who are not well liked by the establishment to fetch a book that is known in another continuity for being heavily guarded in a library in which people have gotten lost for so long that they’ve founded civilizations in the stacks. IE ‘Get Lost’

im seriously amazed a badass like schaefner can succeed in getting his tie stuck in a pencil sharpner again.
i mean seriously put him in the frontline teams like our main crew and you alteast have a one hell of a force to use, not put him at a desk where he keeps getting in problems like this, though itd be less hilarious for us so for the comic sake keep him behind that desk.

I’ve always felt that Schaefer was that one guy who was overpromoted. He’s exceeded the levels of competence. He’s a great inquisitor, believes in doing good, and he’s obviously skilled both with firearms and hand-to-hand combat if his encounter with E. Bay is anything to go by.

But put him in a desk job, and he’s completely out of his element. Simmons does almost everything for him, and while he understands how to uses his forces, resources, and funds, when it comes to filling out paperwork and stuff, he’s a bumbler. I love the character, and EN wouldn’t be the same without him, but dang he’s probably the worst boss an Inquisitor could have.

Still kinda weird that Simmons didn’t just call them on CABAL though. Can’t wait to see what’s so important that he showed up in person.

Am I the only one impressed that Simmons can apparently enter and exit rooms like batman? gotta give the man credit for sneaking up on a Ninja Jedi and a Inquisitor even if they are killing their braincells on daytime tv.